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The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Section 77. Part not to apply to self-employed persons in private dwelling houses

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter XI — Special Provisions for Contract Labour and Inter-state Migrant Worker, Etc.Part V — Beedi and Cigar Workers

Official text

Nothing contained in this Part shall apply to the owner or occupier of a private dwelling house, not being an employee of an employer to whom this Part applies, who carries on any manufacturing process in such private dwelling house with the assistance of the members of his family living with him in such dwelling house and dependent on him.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,—

(i) "family" does not include child, as defined in the Child and Adolescent (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, for this section;

(ii) "private dwelling house" means a house in which persons engaged in the manufacture of beedi or cigar or both reside.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, Act No. 37 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 48 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 48 · official download · all sources

Acts cited in the margin: 61 of 1986

Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5321(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “the Central Government hereby appoints the 21st day of November, 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the said Code, shall come into force”